Ponchos, Ponchos everywhere.. Updated 12/14

[justakrazymom]

Before the trip I had everyone over for dinner and we tie dyed a bunch of shirts. Then after I washed them all I wrote "DisneyPalooza" on the back of all 21 shirts and gave them all back. We planned to wear them all to our Grand Gathering breakfast at Tony's.

I am really pleased at how the shirts came out. My kids have tie dyed before, and a few of the Sweener kids had..but no one else.

What'cha think?This is Missy and a few of her krew:

I really wish we had the photopass pictures. I have been informed that it has FINALLY been ordered.. so once that comes I will have a lot of great shots to add to this TR! We have some of all 21 of us in our tie dye and we look awesome!

Here's more:

Notice the one kid in the green shirt? He wanted nothing to do with tie dye shirts so he opted for green with black.. so the kid that prefers to blend in stuck out like a sore thumb in the group that day.. but he went back for a nap not long after breakfast anyway..lol

Since our Breakfast was early we had some great shots of the place nearly empty:

 

[Grumpy Grandma]

Yes!!! You are back posting again!!!

 

[justakrazymom]

Yes!!! You are back posting again!!!

so glad someone is reading

 

[kirrrby]

Love the new update. I think the last time I tiedyed anything was back in elementary school. I don't know if i'd remember how to now. Also, is it sad that I've been to Disney 20+ times and never seen the Walt/Minnie statue? I'm guessing it's in the middle of the main street area. We usually avoid that place because it's where they hold character interactions.

 

[Grumpy Grandma]

so glad someone is reading

I have been lurking on Dis since 2005 and would you believe it .... this is the very first TR that I have ever read?

 

[justakrazymom]

I have been lurking on Dis since 2005 and would you believe it .... this is the very first TR that I have ever read?

Well I feel very honored. i wish i had the reports from my 1999 and 2000 trips..but that was back long before I was on this board!

 

[donnaf516]

Looks like a great trip! Headed back to the beginning to catch up.

 

[justakrazymom]

Looks like a great trip! Headed back to the beginning to catch up.

It was and so glad you're reading along!

 

[ronnmel]

Wow! I would love to see Main Street that empty and get a few of those amazing photos you have!

 

[POLY1985]

Love the shirts! Very creative. I like how you have tank tops and V-necks thrown in the mix with the regular ones.

 

[justakrazymom]

Wow! I would love to see Main Street that empty and get a few of those amazing photos you have!

Early morning breakfast ADR's is the key

 

[justakrazymom]

Love the shirts! Very creative. I like how you have tank tops and V-necks thrown in the mix with the regular ones.

Thank you.. everyone picked out their own shirts . I love how it's all sorts of styles too.

 

[beebeeryan]

Bet those Photopass pictures are awesome, the whole tie dye group together. Love those early morning empty park pics, it's the best!

 

[zacksmammie]

Love the shirts. What a great idea of "tying" everyone together but not in the same shirt!

 

[justakrazymom]

Love the shirts. What a great idea of "tying" everyone together but not in the same shirt!

Thank you.. yeah that was why I wanted the tie dye..they are the same but not.. everyone picked their own shirts, own colors and the pattern of the dye themselves.

 

[spartankid34]

I'm all caught up on your TR, I came over from your post on mine!! Pretty neat that our trips overlapped, I think MK on 8/19 was the only park day that was the same..I'll have to keep an eye out in my pictures for you, LOL!!

 

[justakrazymom]

I'm all caught up on your TR, I came over from your post on mine!! Pretty neat that our trips overlapped, I think MK on 8/19 was the only park day that was the same..I'll have to keep an eye out in my pictures for you, LOL!!

Yeah i keep looking at other people's pictures hopin we are in them..LOL

 

[justakrazymom]

After our group shot we headed to check in at Tony's for our Grand Gathering breakfast. I checked the 21 of us in .. it amused me that didn't have us listed under a family name but rather "DisneyPalooza".

Monty, Lanee,Ziah and Rana:

Don, Taejan, Declan , Jadyn, Epiphani and half of Dee..

Table one.. I was glad we were all seated basically together for this meal!

Table 2

We had a nice waitress. As we sat down Declan was, again, called a pretty princess. This was about the 1000'th time this trip. So I said "prince" and quick as a wit she told him "well it's better to be a pretty princess than an ugly prince"..I thought I was going to die laughing. Needless to say I say that to him about once a day ( as he is often called a girl..sigh). I almost titled this TR that..but the kids vetoed it!

The meal was pre-plated..and she brought out all the meals but didn't mention my allergy so I told her and the chef made me a gluten free plate. I was not impressed with the food overall but I'm not a breakfast person so.

The characters started arriving.. more of the same ones we've eaten with before..but they kids didn't care at all! Declan was tucked in the back of one of the table's with Monty and was not interested in character pictures.

Goofy found his soul mate in Noah I think..LOL

Up Next.. part 2

 

[justakrazymom]

I think this may be one of the only shots of Missy and I from this trip. Honestly except for the 7 meals we all ate together we really didn't see much of each other on the trip. We did spend a good amount of this day together though,

I love the whole "dining plan" and "charging back to your room" part of this vacation. In fact when we got home it was rather hard to get used to paying cash again..lol.

Tony came out and gave us all our special buttons what would be our "fastpass" for the PhilHarMagic show.we ate, etc then we went on our way. My mother decided to go back to the resort to rest and do some laundry since we had plans to be at the park til after Wishes.

As we left the restaurant Pinocchio was just setting up so we got to see him..I love this guy!

After this the teens went their own way and we sent the 3 husbands off to gather Splash Mountain fastpasses. We waited and waited for the husbands by PhilHarmagic..I texted mine.. Melissa's was in the bathroom. All of a sudden he was with us but Brian and Eric were not.. Don had "accidently " forgotten them..huh??LOL

We went and used our button for the show. It was cute..there was a little guy about 2 maybe 3 behind me that was NOT liking the show. He was crying and wanted to go home so bad.. I felt so terrible for him.

Next we grabbed some Pooh Fastpasses and headed off to Snow White. I love this silly little ride and wanted my kids to experience it before it's gone. By the time we are able to go to WDW again it will certainly be closed.

Well since this is a "scary" ride we screamed.. a lot..thru the whole thing.. now we had friends in front and behind so we ( hopefully) didn't disturb people..my kids thought it was hysterical!

And if you saw this:

On August 24th.. I'm sorry.. I didn't condone it.. they aren't not mine.well the 2 on the left are...but they did not climb!

 

[justakrazymom]

After Snow White we decided to hit up the Haunted Mansion again... on the way the kids explored:

This is just too much foreshadowing for me..lol

On the way down to Liberty Square we got some comments and looks because of 20 people in tie dye.. I think a few people may have been having some 70's flashbacks including a CM who called us "psychedelic"

After we rode HM We went and got Big Thunder fastpasses then headed to use our Splash FastPasses. The line was LONG..for standby.. it was very fast for those of us with FP's.. sometimes the looks you get when going thru the FP line are very striking.. hey it's not my fault you all didn't get FP's is what I say back with my eyes!

Taejan loved it but said never again!

we were split up in several logs.. Brian bought this picture of our log:

Up Next.. part 2